Keeping up appearances is high on the list of priorities for football WAGs, so it's unsurprising to see Steven Gerrard's wife Alex Curran carrying a box of Sea Kelp diet pills.

However, the 27-year-old could be setting a bad example to young women by purchasing the pills which have been blasted by health experts.

Alex was pictured leaving a health shop carrying the pills, after grabbing lunch at a Liverpool bistro.

Bad example: Alex Curran is pictured in Liverpool holding a box of Sea Kelp tablets, which have been blasted by nutrician experts

It is thought the tablets can be used to aid weight loss, but experts
have warned against using them because of the lack of research into
their long-term effects.

Warning: Nutrionists have advised against using the tablets

Sion Porter, a dietician from the British Dietetic Association, said: 'People mistakenly think that because these are natural tablets they must be harmless, but used in the wrong way they can be very dangerous.